(05 Feb 2019, 8:46 pm)Malarkey wrote I think with the branded express services such as the Red Arrows, Toon Link, Tynedale Xpress, Wear Xpress and the X9/X10 these service should all come under one brand as they used back the old days of the early 00's, so I would suggest bringing back "Go Xpress" for express services, for the Indigo's/Tynedale Links I would rebrand them as "Go Local" with sub branding for the local area those services serve.

For the other services in between that like the Citylinks, Drifters, Black Cats, Prince Bishops etc I would brand them up based on the areas they serve, so again back in the day Gateshead vehicles were a Dark Green, Sunderland were a Dark Blue and would again carry sub branding for certain services.

Lothian Buses seem to use a similar model with their use of Lothian, Lothian Country & East Coast Buses which works well for them.

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Over half the Omnicities will be in corporate livery once the Whey-Aye-50 brand has gone, 5255 to 5260 have been on the 50 since 2014 so surely the 50 is due some new buses this year which will then move them into a spare roll within the fleet.

All though I like the hark back to days of yore and think history plays an important part within public transport (often overlooked in the chase for the £) , Gateshead & District wore blue in the early 70's. You're talking about the best part of 50 years ago.
For most people, a nod that far back, will be completely missed and they won't see the point of going that far back. 
Where do you draw the line? Yellow and white of the 70's and 80's? Red and white of the 90's or RYB of the 2000's?